In the year 1939
386 Notable deaths
Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg
German generalfeldmarschall (1865–1939).
Born December 23rd, 1865 in Vienna.
Died October 31st, 1939 at 73 years old in Altshausen.
Gwen John
Welsh painter (1876-1939).
Born June 22nd, 1876 in Haverfordwest. [ref]
Died September 18th, 1939 at 63 years old in Dieppe. [ref]
Maulana Shaukat Ali
Indian activist (1873–1939).
Born March 10th, 1873 in Rampur.
Died January 4th, 1939 at 65 years old in Delhi.
Har Dayal
Indian revolutionary (1884–1939).
Born October 14th, 1884 in Delhi.
Died March 4th, 1939 at 54 years old in Philadelphia.
Wilhelm Groener
German general (1867-1939).
Born November 22nd, 1867 in Ludwigsburg.
Died May 3rd, 1939 at 71 years old in Potsdam.
Owen Moore
Irish-born actor in american films (1886-1939).
Born December 12th, 1886 in County Meath.
Died June 9th, 1939 at 52 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction).
Lois Weber
American actor/film director (1879-1939).
Born June 13th, 1879 in Allegheny County. [ref]
Died November 13th, 1939 at 60 years old in Hollywood (ulcer). [ref]
Zinaida Yusupova
Russian princess (1861-1939).
Born September 14th, 1861 in Saint Petersburg.
Died November 24th, 1939 at 78 years old in Paris.
Wu Peifu
Chinese general and warlord (1874–1939).
Born April 22nd, 1878 in Penglai District.
Died December 4th, 1939 at 61 years old in Pei-p'ing (sepsis).
Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz
Polish artist, dramatist and novelist (1885–1939).
Born February 24th, 1885 in Warsaw.
Died September 18th, 1939 at 54 years old in Velyki Ozera (exsanguination).
Matthias Sindelar
Austrian association football player (1903-1939).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Kozlov.
Died January 23rd, 1939 at 35 years old in Vienna (asphyxia).
Polaire
French actress.
Born May 14th, 1874 in Sidi M'Hamed. [ref]
Died October 11th, 1939 at 65 years old in Champigny-sur-Marne (disease).
William James Mayo
American surgeon (1861-1939).
Born June 29th, 1861 in Le Sueur.
Died July 28th, 1939 at 78 years old in Rochester (stomach cancer).
Charles Horace Mayo
American physician.
Born July 19th, 1865 in Rochester.
Died May 26th, 1939 at 73 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Kyōka Izumi
Japanese writer (1873-1939).
Born November 4th, 1873 in Kanazawa.
Died September 7th, 1939 at 65 years old in Tokyo (lung cancer).
Charlotte Maxeke
South african activist.
Born April 7th, 1871 in South Africa, Fort Beaufort, Polokwane Local Municipality. [ref]
Died October 16th, 1939 at 68 years old in Johannesburg. [ref]
Joseph Duveen, 1st Baron Duveen
British art dealer (1869-1939).
Born October 14th, 1869 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died May 25th, 1939 at 69 years old in London.
Margaret Floy Washburn
American psychologist and scholar.
Born July 25th, 1871 in New York City.
Died October 29th, 1939 at 68 years old in Poughkeepsie.
Maximilian Bircher-Benner
Swiss physician (1867-1939).
Born August 22nd, 1867 in Aarau.
Died January 24th, 1939 at 71 years old in Zürich.
Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria
Austrian archduke (1866-1939).
Born August 21st, 1866 in Altmünster.
Died April 20th, 1939 at 72 years old in Vienna.
Konstantin Somov
Russian artist (1869-1939).
Born November 30th, 1869 in Saint Petersburg.
Died May 6th, 1939 at 69 years old in Paris.
Francisco León de la Barra
President of mexico (1863-1939).
Born June 16th, 1863 in Santiago de Querétaro. [ref]
Died September 23rd, 1939 at 76 years old in Biarritz. [ref]
Bronia Dłuska
Polish physician, first director of the radium-institut in warsaw.
Born March 18th, 1865 in Warsaw. [ref]
Died April 15th, 1939 at 74 years old in Warsaw.
Swami Abhedananda
Indian hindu mystic (1866-1939).
Born October 2nd, 1866 in Kolkata.
Died September 8th, 1939 at 72 years old in Darjeeling.
Armand Călinescu
Romanian politician (1893-1939).
Born June 4th, 1893 in Pitești.
Died September 21st, 1939 at 46 years old in Bucharest.
Deaths 51 to 75 of 386
Losing your life is not the worst thing that can happen. The worst thing is to lose your reason for living. Jo Nesbø